{"id":649794,"date":"2026-10-18T03:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T03:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/649794\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T03:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T03:14:12","slug":"texas-minnesota-candidates-fuel-latest-2026-midterm-election-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/649794\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas, Minnesota candidates fuel latest 2026 midterm election news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>8 hours agoTrump blasts El-Sayed as &#8216;Muslim Brotherhood&#8217; and &#8216;TalaFREAKO&#8217; as &#8216;vegan&#8217; in endorsement barrage<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump blasted the Democratic opponents of Republican congressional candidates in some of the highest-profile races in the country during a Saturday barrage on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The great state of Michigan, which I won decisively in the last election, is looking seriously, I guess, at a man named Mohammad Abdul El-Sayed, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/goto?url=CAESsAEB6zswFXeYxD5h64I1wBgqqhglx_Hl26f7sZIhwA0djdQWTC7UrisHiwqf6WCQ6ZohXRh5nUZLA4Ih3R2skWdLJX5vvJeKusYj3QQfGFx7WWOZNdzd5BPvxkFMVXsXhZjc6k4LyyDhezONv-F5l6KoyMXyMedBKkSDpCEt1LD6bNrQ-GOnW80u9mhfo1TNCEhl40Rh68Wq5jw2Bpr7VlXhN1Vm-EHFeVRuDd1oMPNjNA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">absolutely Muslim Brotherhood<\/a>,&#8221; Trump said in a video posted to his Truth Social account Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The last thing we need is Muslim Brotherhood in the United States Senate,&#8221; he continued, adding &#8220;it doesn&#8217;t represent the values of Michigan and it doesn&#8217;t represent the values of the United States of America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Trump endorsed former Michigan congressman Mike Rogers, El-Sayed&#8217;s Republican opponent, who Trump said has &#8220;my complete and total endorsement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You cannot even think about putting Mohammad El-Sayed in that position, he&#8217;s a disaster and he hates our country,&#8221; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also bashed the Democrat&#8217;s candidate for Senate in Texas, state Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/goto?url=CAESpgEB6zswFZ492vlJp2l6P_SpS9CP5GlvsfqEaBp9SyeTYd6qlnYkT-FS7XsfS6UZ9pwiW2jtw8w3lWJlj0vKp0mZnCMZ5hKEX9zXIeJsPkXjRARv6QEjpdLju9tG5LdeISk_fatpG9dh1Dv7r85ULnfzqkFWaYTtfZAA_gdMqguzJKvOE2JIeOWcuCcPtt5ADraguAWPIWdx4S7nlKxrt2RJPM2Rd1q7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Talarico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;James TalaFREAKO is a Radical Left Lunatic and Vegan who is the ANTITHESIS of Texas Values,&#8221; he wrote in a Truth Social post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s an embarrassment to one of the great states, maybe our greatest state, it&#8217;s an embarrassment to have a guy like that representing you in Washington, D.C.,&#8221; Trump said in a video attached to the post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He never had meat in his life, now he&#8217;s trying to stuff meat down his throat and it&#8217;s not working. He get&#8217;s sick every time he eats meat,&#8221; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But instead of just saying &#8216;hey I&#8217;m a vegan, I like eating vegetables, I like eating a piece of lettuce instead of a steak, he doesn&#8217;t say that,&#8221; Trump continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And then he disappeared for 12 days with perhaps the longest flu ever recorded. He&#8217;s lying about that, he was in some very bad situation, and you&#8217;re gonna find out what it is some day,&#8221; Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General, Talarico&#8217;s Republican opponent, calling him &#8220;one of the very very best attorney generals in our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Trump offered endorsements for Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., who is running to retain the Senate seat she was appointed to after South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster tapped her to fill the seat of her late brother Lindsey Graham.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also endorsed Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, and Rep. 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